Law & Crime
Insecurity: FCT Police Arrests 300 Suspects in 2 Months. …….recovers over catches of arms an ammunition and kill seven kidnappers

By Our Reporter
In a bid to rid the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of criminals and their hideouts in the nation’s capital territory, the Police Command in the area has arrested a total of three hundred suspected criminals over armed robbery, kidnaping, illegal possession of fire-arms and acting as informants to criminals.
The Commissioner of Police CP Olatunji Disu disclosed this at a Media briefing at the FCT Police Command Headquarter in Garki Abuja on Wednesday saying that achievement was in demonstration of the commitment to the safety of residents of the nation’s capital by the Police.
According to the Police boss, in a sustained effort to rid the Federal Capital Territory FCT of criminal elements, the Police has intensified it’s operations carrying out series of high impact tlraidd from January 1, 2025 to February 28,2025
He said that the Police arrested 300 suspects during the raids in the villages and communities including criminal hideouts and lack spots across the FCT notably Dei-Dei, Karu, Gwarimpa, Jikwoyi, Karimo and Maitama
He said that the men and officers of the Anti-kidmapping unit, Divisional Police Officers and Tactical Teams of the Police acting on actionable intelligence has condcted the raid in high risk areas and isolated locations where criminals often lay in wait for their targets.
Additionally abandoned buildings across the city frequently used by criminals as hideouts for criminal activities were also identified by the Police teams and would be subjected to continuos monitoring
As a result of these efforts , a total of 59 armed robbers were apprehended, 10 kidnappers and informants were arrested, 9 armed robbers and bandits neutralized, and additional seven kidnapers neutralized by the Police team.
There was also recovery of dangerous weapons including 18 AK 47 rifles, 23 AK-47 Magazines, 2 CZ Scorpion A1 Rifles with Magazines, 9 English Pistols, 7 Pistol Magazines, 2 Dane Guns and 116 Rounds of 7.6mm live ammunitions.
Other dangerous weapons and exhibits recovered are7 live cartridges, 7 locally made pistols,4 locally made shotguns, three axes, four cutlasses, 15 daggers, nine pairs of scissors, 31 bottles of codeine syrup and several packages containing dried leaves suspected to be Marijuana.
Moreover, the Police had also recoverd large quantities of small glued tubes (inhaled as intoxicants), some locally made bongs, cash sum of twenty-eight thousand fifty naira and several Rohypnol.
The Police Commissioner assured resident of the nation’s capital that the FCT Police Command remains resolute in its determination to dismantle criminal networks and enhance public safety.
These achievements and operations he stated are part of the broader strategy to to ensure that criminals have no hiding place within the nation’s seat of power.
All the arrested crime suspects who are currently undergoing profiting are still in Police custody and those who are found to be culpable in these criminal activities would be arraigned d in the law courts.
Law & Crime
Niger State AG, Commissioner for Justice seeks collaboration with Police to end thuggery, Youth restiveness

By Uthman Baba-Al-Naseer, Minna
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Niger State Barrister Nasiru Mua’zu, has requested for a collaboration with the Niger State Police Command to bring an end to the activities of thuggery and youth restiveness in Minna the Niger State Capital.
He assured the Niger State, Command of his Ministry supports in ensuring that the increasing Proportion of youths restiveness and other security Challenges in the state are brought to an end.
The Attorney General who stated this while on a courtesy visit to the Commissioner of Police in Niger State, CP Abudullahi Adamu Elleman in his office Monday, noted that the office of the Attorney General is worried with the activities of ” these miscreants that have been making Minna the state capital inhabitable in recent times”
According to the Commissioner for Justice, members of the public also need to support relevant security agencies in the state with the needed information on the activities of these miscreants ” so that they can be taken away from the streets in the general interest of the citizens”
Adding, “As you all known police and other security forces as well as the courts cannot perform any magic neither they are magicians.
” Without Any vital information from the Public on the identity of these miscreants and their hideouts you cannot expect any magic from the security agencies. So all stakeholders must collaborate with the relevant security agencies to flush out these youths from our midsts” he asserted
Speaking further, Nasiru Mua’zu described as disturbing the undue interference of some prominent individuals and parents on the prosecution of their children involvement in criminality warning that full wrath of the law will be visited on such parents.
The Attorney General assured that the Judiciary will continue to leave up its constitutional mandate in ensuring the full Prosecution of the miscreants and appropriate punishment are mated on them if found guilty noting that unnecessary interference as the factor responsible for the effective Prosecution of the miscreants
Receiving the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Police CP Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, applauded the Commissioner for Justice for the visit and assure that the Command under his leadership will synergize with the office of the Attorney General in ensuring the speedy dispensation of Criminal Justice in the state.
He noted that the Police, as a critical stakeholders in the Criminal administration of Justice would continue to partner with the Ministry of Justice in making the state unsafe for Criminal minded elements in the state
CP Adamu Elleman requested the support of the office of the Attorney General for training and retraining of investigating Police Officers (IPO) this according to the Commissioner of Police will improve the capacity of the Police investigators for effective performance.
He told the Attorney General that legal department of the Command will be given the needed empowerment for effective Prosecution of cases and the legal department will be monitored to perform.
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